The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies SpinLaunch: 1 model, $30.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
Overview
Kinetic launch system using centrifugal acceleration to suborbital velocity. No rocket propellant for first stage. Test flights in 2022-2023.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries C post-money
Key facts
Technology
Focus
Stage
Total fundingsee investors →
Technology
Financial stage
Data & sources
Web sources
1
1 source backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company SpinLaunch has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Kongsberg1× joint1 total
Most recent
SpinLaunch on the deployment map
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Relationships
Former / Previously (1)
- Jacob Balaj Integration & Test Engineersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for SpinLaunch.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
SpinLaunch in third-party press
Peers
56 peers across 1 segment. Every SpinLaunch competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
space(56)
36 companies in this segment · low_concentration (HHI 1188.742650389188) · leader K2 Space at 2172%
- Aetherfluxdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Agile Space Industriesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Airbusdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Albedo Spacedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Astrobotic Technologydirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Astroscaledirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $30.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company SpinLaunch has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Kongsberg1× joint1 total
Funding rounds (1)
- Series C2024-01-01
$30M(reported) · $300M post
Timeline
Every recorded move in SpinLaunch’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries C funding round
2024-01-01Series C raising $30000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
Common questions
What is SpinLaunch?
What does SpinLaunch make?
Where is SpinLaunch headquartered?
How much funding has SpinLaunch raised?
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Is SpinLaunch a top robotics company?
Is SpinLaunch safe?
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for SpinLaunch.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning SpinLaunch from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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SpinLaunch — Wikipedia
SpinLaunch is a spaceflight technology company working on mass accelerator kinetic launch technology to move payloads to space without rockets.
SpinLaunch: The Disruptors — $203M Raised
SpinLaunch has raised $203M total. CEO Massi Ladovaz leads kinetic launch system development. ATW Partners and Kongsberg Defence invested.
What SpinLaunch Is Doing With Its $30M Series C
SpinLaunch closed $30M Series C to develop Meridian Space LEO satellite broadband constellation. $190M+ total funding.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/spinlaunch.md
- RSS feed: /companies/spinlaunch/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/566c117f-b399-4968-9fd5-2aa338eb83c5
- Revision history: /companies/spinlaunch/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Category contender77/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
SpinLaunch draws attention at the 50th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 12, 2026